International environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth are putting together a DVD, 'World vs Bank', a critique of the World Bank's actions from people from some of the poorest countries it is supposed to be helping. The video footage is  based on the Hearing on the World Bank in October 2007. Criticisms range from the World Bank simply  acting as a front for multinationals through to allegations of political interference in emerging democracies and outright corruption.

The  lack of accountability of the World Bank seems to be a recurring theme.  

Whatever, its clear that  inequality , injustice and poverty are not really being addressed on the global scale and that many people on the wrong end of this equation view the World Bank as part of the problem rather  than part of the solution.  

854 million people across the world are hungry, up from 852 million a year ago.

Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes--one child every five seconds. ¹²

Hunger is the most extreme form of poverty, where individuals or families cannot afford to meet their most basic need for food. 

Friends of the Earth plan to make the video available in  English and Spanish spoken, subtitles in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Dutch.

Stats provided by Hunger Facts International.

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